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[[File:Hca.jpg|thumb|HCA logo]]'''The Hall-Carpenter Archives''' ('''HCA''') are Britain's major resource for the study of lesbian and gay activism in the UK since the publication of the [[Wolfenden Report]] in 1957. Their name commemorates the gay writer [[Edward Carpenter]] and the lesbian novelist [[Radclyffe Hall]]. The archives are housed in the [[London School of Economics]] (LSE) Library, at Bishopsgate Institute and in the British Library (National Sound Archive).
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[[File:Hca.jpg|thumb|HCA logo]]'''The Hall-Carpenter Archives''' ('''HCA''') are Britain's major resource for the study of lesbian and gay activism in the UK since the publication of the [[Wolfenden Report]] in 1957. Their name commemorates the gay writer [[Edward Carpenter]] and the lesbian novelist [[Radclyffe Hall]].  
  
there are three main sections to HCA:
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The archives comprise:
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*the main archives, housed in the [[London School of Economics]] (LSE) Library
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*the HCA press cuttings collection, the [[Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive]] (LAGNA) housed separately at the Bishopsgate Institute.
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*the [[HCA Oral History Project]] comprising a number of interviews with lesbians and gay men, housed at the British Library (National Sound Archive).
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there are three main sections to HCA at LSE:
  
 
* Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals in the UK and worldwide.
 
* Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals in the UK and worldwide.
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=== Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals ===
 
=== Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals ===
 
   
 
   
They include (reference codes to the documents are in brackets):
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They include:
  
 
*[[Aids Care Education Project]] (ACE)  
 
*[[Aids Care Education Project]] (ACE)  
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The papers of Dr [[Mary McIntosh]], 1936–2013, sociologist (MCINTOSH), mainly relate to gay and feminist politics. See the Archives catalogue for full details, including descriptions of individual files.
 
The papers of Dr [[Mary McIntosh]], 1936–2013, sociologist (MCINTOSH), mainly relate to gay and feminist politics. See the Archives catalogue for full details, including descriptions of individual files.
 
== At the Bishopsgate Institute, the HCA Press-cuttings collection is housed as ==
 
 
===Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive===
 
 
The [[Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive]] is part of HCA but held separately at the Bishopsgate Institute.
 
 
==  At the National Sound Archive, the HCA's collection of oral history tapes are available. ==
 
 
The [[HCA Oral History Project]] comprising a number of interviews with lesbians and gay men, is housed at the British Library Sound Archive.
 
  
 
== Other projects ==
 
== Other projects ==

Revision as of 00:40, 22 March 2014

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The Hall-Carpenter Archives (HCA) are Britain's major resource for the study of lesbian and gay activism in the UK since the publication of the Wolfenden Report in 1957. Their name commemorates the gay writer Edward Carpenter and the lesbian novelist Radclyffe Hall.

The archives comprise:

  • the HCA Oral History Project comprising a number of interviews with lesbians and gay men, housed at the British Library (National Sound Archive).

there are three main sections to HCA at LSE:

  • Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals in the UK and worldwide.
  • Gay, lesbian and bisexual newspapers and magazines, 1954-
  • Ephemera, 1907-

Records and publications of gay organisations and individuals

They include:

LGBT journals

These include:

The journals have been fully listed on the Archives catalogue.

Ephemera

This series contains small deposits relating to gay life and culture from various individuals and organisations.

Other papers

Michael James papers

The papers of Michael James, 1941-, gay activist (MICHAEL JAMES PAPERS), include documents relating to the London Gay Liberation Front, Body Positive, and the Gay Switchboard. See the Archives catalogue for details.

Mary McIntosh Papers

The papers of Dr Mary McIntosh, 1936–2013, sociologist (MCINTOSH), mainly relate to gay and feminist politics. See the Archives catalogue for full details, including descriptions of individual files.

Other projects

GLF anniversary

Web page of images to created to celebrate the 40th anniversary (October 2010) of the Gay Liberation Front.

LGBT timeline and employment rights exhibition

Two web pages featuring images from the Hall-Carpenter Archives. The timeline features highlights in UK LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) history since the publication of the Wolfenden Report in 1957. The employment rights exhibition contains images from the archives of some of the groups who fought for improved working conditions for LGBT workers from the 1970s onwards.

External links

http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/holdings/lesbian_and_gay_archives.aspx